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Power Tip for Windows Users: Open Command Prompt Here

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option 1:

we all need a command prompt at one point or another. there is many tools that exist that allows us to right-click on a folder and open a command prompt, but these aren’t necessary. let’s say we have the following folder open. (i’m using windows 8.1)

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we need to run adb.exe with parameters from the command line.

a simple right-click gives us this menu:

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if we hold down the shift-key and right-click the same folder we get the following menu:

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notice that now we now have “ open command window here ”.

option 2:

you can also select the path in windows explorer as shown below

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type cmd and press enter to open the command prompt in that folder.

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now that was easy!

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Command (computing)

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